re: Spinoff: Washington Sees Fatal Road Crashes Involving Marijuana Double

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I just read the article and I'm curious what "recently" means. They keep saying drivers who "recently" used marijuana but don't define the time frame.

Since THC stays in your system for a few weeks, I'm wondering if these people just had THC in their system or if they were actually high while driving.

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Right.

They could've smoked that morning, been 100% sober, but had a large amount of THC in their system. And now they're dead, so there is no way to tell when they smoked last.

Maybe more people just have it in their system, because you know, its legal now. So logically more people who die in car wrecks will also have it in their system. Does not mean they are high.

Also, even IF they were high, driving while intoxicated doesn't mean the intoxicating substance should be illegal. Just that it should be illegal while driving, which is already is.